RELATIVE PRONOUNS
& RELATIVE CLAUSES

Do you remember any relative pronouns?
Watch this video and fresh up your
memory….
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/gramm
ar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/relative-clauses

WH
O is used
for people
A dentist is a person who
fixes our
teeth.

WHICH
is used for
animals
Elephants are wild animals
which live in the jungle.

WHICH
is used for
things
The letters, which are on
the
table, are for Emma.

THAT: for people, animals
and things
A dentist is a
person that fixes
our teeth.
Elephants are wild
animals that live in
the jungle.
The letters that
are on the table
are for Emma.

WHOSE
is used for
possession
Shakespeare was a famous
writers whose plays became
famous around the world.

WHERE
is used
for places
This is the hotel where we
stayed
in our holidays.

WHEN
is used for time
Saturday is the only day
when we
can relax.

Defining and non-defining
relative clauses
 I need a computer which works fast.
 The school, which was built in 1929,
has 100 students.
 She’s the girl who lives next door.
 My brother, who is really good at
swimming, won the race.
 That’s the CD (that) I bought
yesterday.

Defining relative
clauses
 I need a computer
which works fast.
 She’s the girl
who lives next
door.
They are necessary for the rest of the
sentence.

Non-Defining relative
clauses
 The school, which
was built in 1929,
has 100 students.
 My brother, who is
really good at
swimming, won the
race.
They give extra information about the
sentence.

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